"He Shen? Why isn't he dead yet..." As soon as Zhuge Wei said this, he realized that he had made a mistake, and the current history has been changed beyond recognition. The Qing Dynasty had turned into the Golden Empire and was driven to barren Central Asia. It was impossible for He Zhongtang to be greedy for so much money. It was normal for Jiaqing to keep him and not kill him.
"Weidao," Mikhail was also stunned by Zhuge Weidao's words, "Isn't this Heshen a good friend of your father? Why do you expect him to die?"
"My father and Heshen are good friends?" Zhuge Weidao was surprised when he heard this. How could his father, a marshal of the Ming Dynasty navy, befriend a Zhongtang of the Qing Dynasty, no, the Jin Empire?
"Mikhail Pavlovich," Natalie looked at her brother with reproachful eyes, "I forgot some things for Dao, including this He Shen."
"Yes, yes," Zhuge Weidao nodded, "Yes, yes, I forgot how he and my father made friends. Mikhail Pavlovich, do you know?"
"I don't know much," Grand Duke Mikhail took a sip of coffee and said thoughtfully, "I only know that he is the best fortune teller in the Jin Kingdom, and your father is also proficient in fortune telling, so the two of them fought in the Napoleonic War. We met during this period and became good friends later on.”
Sure enough, something strange happened!
But Zhuge Weidao is already accustomed to strange things. In this world where the old time traveler has changed the course of history, what other strange things will not happen?
Thinking of this, Zhuge Weidao asked: "Is he a fortune teller?"
Mikhail glanced at Zhuge Weidao and sighed: "Weidao, it seems that you have forgotten everything about the Jin Kingdom... This Jin Empire was the Qing Dynasty that originally ruled most of China. After the empire was driven to Central Asia by your ancestor, King Zhuge Wuzhong, they carefully summed up the lessons of their failure. In the eyes of Xuan Ye, the first emperor of the Jin Empire and his princes and ministers, the most important reason for their failure was One reason is that they don’t know how to tell fortunes!”
Zhuge Weidao nodded, thinking: "The summary is quite right! If they hadn't met a King Zhuge Wuzhong who could pinch and calculate, it would have taken more than two hundred years to bring disaster to China. How could they have done it in China? When Emperor Kangxi was in power, he couldn't survive, so he had to imitate Yelu Dashi and go west to conquer Central Asia?"
Mikhail added: "So after they settled down in Central Asia, they began to study your Chinese fortune-telling science. Everyone from top to bottom was keen on this, and they also opened professional fortune-telling schools. There are also universities that specialize in fortune-telling. Scholars, what are they called, the Grand Bachelor of Taiji Palace, the Grand Bachelor of Liangyi Palace, the Grand Bachelor of Sixiang Pavilion, the Grand Bachelor of Bagua Pavilion, the Grand Bachelor of Yin Yang Pavilion, the Grand Bachelor of Wuxing Pavilion... This Heshen is the Grand Bachelor of Taiji Palace. , is said to be the best fortune teller in the Jin Empire. For Dao, you should really meet this number one fortune teller in the Jin Empire. You must have something in common."
"Okay then, let me meet He Shen," Zhuge Weidao thought for a while, "Where is the best place to arrange it?"
Grand Duke Mikhail thought for a while, "Let's arrange it in the fortress headquarters next to the Peter and Paul Cathedral... The time can be set before my eldest brother's funeral."
The Peter and Paul Fortress is located on a small island called Rabbit Island in the Neva River. It is the "patron saint" of Petersburg. It was first built as an outpost during the northern war between Rakshasa and Sweden. Peter the Great personally selected the site and supervised its construction. Later, it was expanded several times to build a large hexagonal fortress with a wall height of 12 meters and a thickness of between 2.4 and 4 meters.
However, this fortress was not beaten after it was built. It was later converted into a prison and... the tombs of all the tsars! The dungeon of the fortress is a prison, specially used to punish rebels who are dissatisfied with the Tsar! The Peter and Paul Cathedral in the fortress is the resting place of all the czars after their death, so this fortress can also be regarded as an imperial mausoleum.
However, the "Feng Shui Bureau" that combines the imperial mausoleum, prison, and fortress is still very rare. It is so rare that the number one fortune teller of the Jin Empire, He Shen He Zhongtang, is even rarer.
So before the funeral of Alexander I began, Zhuge Weidao, Guo Xiaobao, and Natalie followed Grand Duke Mikhail outside the reception hall of the fortress headquarters next to the Peter and Paul Cathedral, and they heard something coming from inside. The sound of Beijing movies.
"Xiao Shunzi, this feng shui bureau that combines the imperial mausoleum, prison, and fortress is called the strong dragon suppressing the local snake, or the fierce dragon entering the sea... It uses the fierceness of the prison and the fortress to help Suppress the local snake of the Neva River and force the Rakshasa's dragon veins to the outlet of the Baltic Sea. This is another sign of the dragon entering the sea! Rakshasa does not have a good outlet to the sea, so it is a trap for the dragon. Peter the Great and Sweden After twenty years of fighting, they forcibly opened an outlet facing the west, and the dragon entered the Baltic Sea, and then led the Romanov dynasty's dragon veins over by building imperial tombs. That's why the Rakshasa Kingdom Zuo was able to After Peter the Great, it will continue for another thirteen generations! This is not what my teacher said, it was Zhuge Youde who told my teacher back then."
Zhuge Weidao did not enter the door immediately, but took Grand Duke Mikhail and quietly eavesdropped outside the door. After listening, he also counted his fingers there and muttered: "Yeka 1, Peter 2, Anna, Ivan 6, Yihuang, Peter 3, Yeka 2...Ah, it is indeed one. Thirteenth generation!”
Grand Duke Mikhail saw that Zhuge Weidao had also calculated "thirteen generations", and he suddenly felt a little nervous. After Peter the Great, if you include Ivan VI and Peter III who reigned for a short time, it is said that By Nicholas I, it was the tenth generation. With three generations of tsars co-authored, the Romanov dynasty is about to end?
While he was in a hurry, Zhuge Weidao had already walked into the living room with a smile. After entering, he was stunned again. The reason why he was stunned was when he saw a little old man with a childlike face and a fluttering beard. He was wearing a black python robe and a warm hat with a bright red top. He was talking to a little Taoist boy who was about eight or nine years old and had a tiger-like head.
Zhuge Weidao was looking at the old man carefully. Is this what He Shen will look like when he gets older? But how did he escape from the clutches of Emperor Jiaqing?
The little old man with a boyish face also saw Zhuge Weidao with gauze on his head looking at him. He quickly stood up, held his fists and said with a smile: "I, Niu Gulu Heshen, this little brother is Mr. Zhuge Daozi?"
Zhuge Weidao did not intend to "reverse the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty", so he had no ill feelings towards Heshen and Zhongtang. In addition, Heshen and his father Zhuge Youde were still friends, so he had to be polite, so he smiled and said with a fist in his arms : "Junior, Zhuge is the way."
He Shen said with a smile: "Mr. Zhuge, please don't try to offend me. I am a physiognomist. How dare I pretend to be an elder in front of Mr. Daozi? You and I should be equals."
Friendship between equals? Zhuge Weidao was stunned again, thinking: "Am I the same as He Shen?"
While he was stunned, Guo Xiaobao had followed him in and whispered in his ear: "Taozi, now all fortune tellers in the world regard Zhuge Wuhou and Zhuge Wuzhong King as their ancestors... You are Wuzhong King." My great-grandson is quite senior among the fortune tellers!"
This is about seniority with He Shen!
He Shen also heard Guo Xiaobao's words and said with a smile: "This little brother is right. Xiao Lao'er's ancestor is a disciple of King Wuzhong. His surname is Nalan, Tao Mingzhu. So Xiao Lao'er and Dao Zi Sir, he is an equal."
It's good that he and He Shen are brothers in the same discipline. Zhuge Wei said in his heart: "That King Wu Zhong must have had no good intentions in accepting Nalan Mingzhu as his disciple, and he doesn't know what skills he passed on? But looking at He Shen's current performance, we know that the old man is very bad. He must have ruined the Nalan Pearl Sect by pretending to be a ghost."
Guo Xiaobao also spoke to Zhuge: "He Zhongtang is right, this is indeed the case. Brother Dao Zi, just call He Zhongtang Senior Brother He."
Zhuge Weidao clasped his fists again: "I'm inviting you to my senior brother."
"Junior brother, please come." He Shen responded with a smile, then pointed to the little Taoist boy beside him and said, "Junior brother, this is my close disciple Sushun."
"Sushun?" Zhuge Weidao stared at the little Taoist boy in front of him, "Aixinjueluo. Sushun?"
He Shen showed an expression of admiration, nodded and said: "Zhuge's physiognomy is indeed 70% destined by heaven, and 30% depends on practice... I have practiced hard all my life, and I have the false reputation of being the best physiognomist in the Jin Kingdom, but It’s impossible to figure out someone else’s last name.”
Zhuge Weidao was also a little embarrassed and quickly said to He Shen: "I can't figure it out all the time. I can only figure it out occasionally when I have an idea."
"That won't be easy either." He Shen nodded and said to Su Shun beside him: "Xiao Shunzi, kowtow to your uncle quickly."
Sushun actually knelt down to Zhuge Weidao, "Junior Aixinjueluo. Sushun kowtows to Master Zhuge."
"Get up, get up..." Zhuge Weidao felt very embarrassed and quickly asked Su Shun to get up. He also reached into his pocket, wanting to give a red envelope or something, but unfortunately he didn't have any money in his pocket (luckily he attended) There was no need to attend the funeral of Tsar Alexander I), so he had to smile and said to Sushun: "Uncle Shi went out in a hurry today and didn't bring any money, so I can't give you a red envelope. But Uncle Shi doesn't accept your worship in vain. I will give you two Be careful, first be careful of a woman named Nalan'er; second be careful of... a person with the word 'gong'!"
"Sushun thanked Uncle Master." Sushun respectfully kowtowed to Zhuge Weidao who was giving random instructions, then stood up and returned to stand next to Heshen.
Heshen and Zhuge Weidao, who had already seen the ceremony, took their seats as guest and host, and began to talk. Sushun very obediently poured water and tea for them.
Zhuge Weidao and He Shen were both waiting to attend the funeral of Alexander I, so they went straight to the topic without much exchanging pleasantries.
He Shen asked: "Junior Brother Daozi, I heard from Grand Duke Mikhail that you want to take Grand Duchess Natalie to invade our territory of the Kingdom of Jin?"
Zhuge Weidao nodded and said with a smile: "I wonder if it can be convenient?"
"That's no problem," Heshen said with a smile, "If the masters of the Zhuge family want to invade our Kingdom of Jin, of course we welcome it. But our Kingdom of Jin has no railways...not even Chidao. . But I will make good arrangements and will never make it difficult for Junior Brother Daozi and the Grand Duke."
"Thank you very much." Zhuge bowed his hand to Dao Gong.
He Shen smiled and waved his hand, "Junior Brother Daozi, you don't have to say thank you, because I also have something to ask for."
"I wonder if I have something to do with my senior brother?"
He Shen pointed at his disciple Su Shun and said, "Junior brother Daozi, this little Shunzi has a hard life. Although he is an Aixinjueluo, his mother is not a bannerman, but a Hu girl, so he is a worthless Aixinjueluo." Jueluo. However, he has a good brain, is extremely smart, and is also very talented in physiognomy. I am old and can't take care of him for a few years... Moreover, my knowledge is limited and I can't take care of him for a few years... There aren’t many people to teach him, so I want him to practice with my junior brother for a while. If my junior brother can give him some pointers, it will be a great blessing for him.”
Zhuge Weidao took a closer look at Sushun and found that he looked a bit mixed. He actually didn't want to take Sushun around for a walk, but now he still wanted this "immortal version of Heshen", so he had to do some things for him.
Thinking of this, he nodded and said: "Okay, senior brother has spoken, and I have to take him with me no matter what. But my physiognomy relies entirely on talent, so I'm afraid I won't be able to give him guidance."
"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter," He Shen said with a smile, "Let him see the talents of the Zhuge family... Not everyone has the opportunity to broaden their horizons."
